Selecting a Suitable Wig for Your Face

Once you decide to go for wearing a wig, you need to understand that the wig chosen according to your face type will be best type. While selecting a wig, there are only two options – one, choose a style similar to you original hair and two try out some varying styles to give you a new and fresh look but the types that suits your face structure.

If you take tips from a stylist you will know that human face has different shapes and what you need to do is to pick the styles best suited to your face shape with varying hair color, types or layered (curls, steps, straight), and length. The basic idea is to highlight your good features while playing down the not-so-perfect features by adding hair extensions and hairpieces for better and balanced look.

So, beginning with the face shapes you will be explained what style is best suited and why broadly which you can alter a little to pick the best one that makes you look gorgeous.

Heart-Shaped Face – It has a broad forehead, prominent cheekbones but a narrow chin. As it is obvious, you need to pick a wig that lessens the broadness of the forehead and prominence of cheekbones while maximizing the width of the chin. A wig parted at the side covering the forehead with bangs toning down the width of the forehead having medium length or up to the middle of the neck. A wig having layered and curled bottom helps bringing fullness making your chin look wider.

Oblong-Shaped or Long Face – A long and thin face with a pointed chin and looks great with hair parted at side and low. The hair should be swept over the forehead giving it volume and asymmetry helps the face look wider than long and should have bangs that are blended with the wig reaching the mid neck. Wavy and curly styles are the best option.

Oval-Shaped Face – It is thought to be the most versatile and perfect face shape having wide cheekbones compared to forehead and chin. It can carry a number of different hair styles. Oval shaped face is the perfect face shape. You can look classic with a centrally parted long style wig or wear layered, short, curled or straight type wig reaching up to the nape.

Round-Shaped Face – A full and wide cheeks giving a rounded shape to the face fall in this category. A wig for this type of face should be the type that tones down the fullness of the face and giving it a leaner look. Centrally parted wig should be not less than the length of the face while a side-parted wig should be no longer than the chin line. If you have, a round shaped face you need to keep the forehead nude with added height at the crown to slim your round face. If you want to wear bangs, go for curly and tousled side bangs but it is best to avoid straight-falling bangs.

Square-Shaped Face - An angular jaw and square forehead of almost same size makes a face look square. You need to choose a wig having side parting to minimize the angular jaw line and square forehead. Bangs and fringes help reduce the square forehead with the overall length of the wig can be shoulder length or slightly below the chin can help soften the outline of the chin. Wigs having straight bangs are total no-no. You can add hair extensions and hairpieces having loose curls and waves to give a different aspect to square shaped faces and flatter it.

Triangular-Shaped or Diamond Face – Chin wider than forehead are triangular shaped faces. A suitable wig for such face needs to help lessening the width of the chin while widening the forehead. A wig fuller at the sides nearer to the chin can be helpful but the forehead should be nude with hair swept away hair. Lesser the volume at the crown the better it is.

The author of this article is hair stylist and has worked with leading beauty product brands. You can check out some quality wigs and hair extensions at this website.